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April 21, 2026 · AL West

Pittsburgh Pirates vs Texas Rangers

April 21, 2026Globe Life FieldRoof Closed 74°F · 0 mph, None
AWAY
Pittsburgh Pirates
13-10
1
vs
HOME
Texas Rangers
12-11
5

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
T1 Ryan O'Hearn Ryan O'Hearn singles on a ground ball to center fielder Evan Carter. Oneil Cruz scores. PIT 1, TEX 0
B2 Evan Carter Evan Carter singles on a ground ball to right fielder Jake Mangum. Joc Pederson scores. Josh Jung to 3rd. PIT 1, TEX 1
B2 Josh Smith Josh Smith out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Jake Mangum. Josh Jung scores. Evan Carter to 2nd. PIT 1, TEX 2
B5 Ezequiel Duran Ezequiel Duran doubles (4) on a ground ball to left fielder Bryan Reynolds. Josh Smith scores. PIT 1, TEX 3
B5 Corey Seager Corey Seager singles on a line drive to center fielder Oneil Cruz. Ezequiel Duran scores. PIT 1, TEX 4
B5 Josh Jung Josh Jung grounds into a force out, third baseman Nick Yorke to second baseman Nick Gonzales. Corey Seager scores. Jake Burger to 3rd. Joc Pederson out at 2nd. Josh Jung to 1st. PIT 1, TEX 5

Box score

  123456789 R
PIT 100000000 1
TEX 020030000 5

Pitching & bullpen

How the game was pitched — the starters, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role, and the pitch counts behind them.

Pirates AWAY 1

Carmen Mlodzinski started for Pirates, leaving trailing 1–5.

workload · innings pitched
  • Carmen Mlodzinski Starter 4.1 93 5 6 L
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Carmen Mlodzinski threw
    CSW 27% 1st-pitch strike 52% 4.4 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 25 27% 2 3 6 10 4
    Sinker 24 26% 0 4 7 9 4
    Splitter 22 24% 7 2 6 3 4
    Sweeper 12 13% 0 3 0 9 0
    Curveball 10 11% 0 4 1 4 1
  • Wilber Dotel Middle 1.2 33 0 0 inherited 1, all 1 scored
  • Justin Lawrence Reliever 1.0 15 0 2
  • Evan Sisk Middle 1.0 20 0 2
Rangers HOME 5

Kumar Rocker started for Rangers, leaving with a 5–1 lead.

workload · innings pitched
  • Kumar Rocker Starter 6.0 88 1 5 W
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Kumar Rocker threw
    CSW 26% 1st-pitch strike 52% 3.8 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Sinker 44 50% 2 6 6 19 11
    Slider 32 36% 5 8 5 9 5
    Cutter 8 9% 2 0 3 2 1
    Changeup 2 2% 0 0 0 2 0
    Four-Seam Fastball 2 2% 0 0 1 1 0
  • Cole Winn Reliever 1.0 12 0 2
  • Jacob Latz Closer 1.0 14 0 2
  • Jakob Junis Setup 1.0 13 0 0

Where the game turned

1 run Bottom 2nd · off Mlodzinski
  • Smith SF (1)

Batting lines

AWAY · PIT
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Oneil Cruz CF 4 1 1 0 0 1 .290 .359 .538 .897 SB
Ryan O'Hearn 1B 4 0 1 1 0 1 .324 .409 .527 .936
Bryan Reynolds LF 3 0 0 0 1 2 .256 .386 .402 .788
Marcell Ozuna DH 4 0 0 0 0 2 .178 .241 .288 .529
Nick Yorke 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 .230 .324 .328 .652
Nick Gonzales 2B 4 0 2 0 0 2 .271 .311 .314 .625
Jake Mangum RF 4 0 2 0 0 0 .300 .364 .340 .704
Konnor Griffin SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 .207 .277 .276 .553
Henry Davis C 3 0 0 0 0 1 .174 .283 .239 .522
HOME · TEX
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Brandon Nimmo RF 5 0 0 0 0 1 .295 .368 .495 .863
Ezequiel Duran LF 2 1 1 1 0 0 .298 .353 .447 .800 2B
Corey Seager SS 4 1 1 1 0 1 .203 .323 .430 .753
Jake Burger 1B 4 0 1 0 0 1 .250 .278 .457 .735
Joc Pederson DH 3 1 1 0 1 2 .235 .355 .314 .669
Josh Jung 3B 3 1 1 1 1 0 .292 .350 .486 .836 2B
Evan Carter CF 3 0 1 1 1 1 .197 .333 .348 .681
Danny Jansen C 4 0 1 0 0 2 .222 .276 .352 .628 2B
Josh Smith 2B 2 1 1 1 1 1 .194 .295 .224 .519 2B
Wyatt Langford LF 1 0 0 0 1 1 .238 .274 .363 .637 SB

Pitching lines

AWAY · PIT
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Carmen Mlodzinski 4.1 6 5 5 2 6 0 93 3.28 L
Wilber Dotel 1.2 1 0 0 3 0 0 33 3.38
Justin Lawrence 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15 6.55
Evan Sisk 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 20 3.60
HOME · TEX
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Kumar Rocker 6.0 4 1 1 1 5 0 88 3.48 W
Cole Winn 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 12 2.53
Jacob Latz 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14 1.32
Jakob Junis 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 2.38

Manager comparison

AWAY · PIT
Don Kelly
Lineup 3.0 R Bunts 0.6 R IBBs 1.8 R
HOME · TEX
Skip Schumaker
Lineup 1.9 R Bunts 0.8 R IBBs 1.4 R

Recent form

AWAY · PIT
4-6 W1 -8 run diff
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HOME · TEX
4-6 W2 -26 run diff
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How RunsLeft analyzes games

Standard content on this page comes from the MLB Stats API. The pitching analysis describes how the game was pitched — the starter's line, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role (opener, bulk, setup, closer), pitch counts as a fatigue signal, and the leverage context where the game turned. Reliever roles are inferred from how the manager used each arm up to that date. It describes structure and constraints; it does not grade the manager.

Read the full methodology.